# Exclusive: Senator opens investigation into evidence RFK Jr ‘unlawfully lied’ to Congress

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/exclusive-senator-opens-investigation-into-evidence-rfk-jr-unlawfully-lied-to-congress/
- Published: 2026-11-12T15:05:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T15:22:07+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/12/senate-investigation-rfk-jr-measles-samoa
- Topics: Americas, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Wyden is investigating Kennedy’s testimony to Congress.
- A 2019 letter said Kennedy wanted to study Samoa’s MMR vaccine.
- The trip preceded a measles outbreak that killed 83 people.

## Summary

Senator Ron Wyden has opened an investigation into whether Robert F Kennedy Jr made false statements to Congress during his 2025 confirmation hearings to become US health secretary. The inquiry matters because senators are examining whether Kennedy’s account of a trip to Samoa conflicted with earlier written statements about vaccines.

Wyden and Senator Angela Alsobrooks have asked Children’s Health Defense for records, including documents about Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa visit. In a letter to Samoa’s prime minister before the trip, Kennedy said he wanted to study the MMR vaccine; at his confirmation hearings, he said the visit had “nothing to do with vaccines”. The trip took place months before a measles outbreak killed 83 people in Samoa, mostly children under five. Kennedy has denied discouraging vaccination, while the health department has rejected claims that he lied.

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